Investigation of strategies to generate value from excess obsolete and non-use inventories held at a locomotive maintenance service organisation

Mahlogonolo Russell Molokoane, Olasumbo Ayodeji Makinde and Kemlall Ramsaroop Ramdass

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2025, vol. 51, issue 1, 91-103

Abstract: Locomotive maintenance organisations play a key role towards ensuring effective repair, overhaul and preservation of locomotives used in a rail car. The locomotive maintenance organisation considered in this study has over the years hold excess obsolete and non-use inventories used for locomotive maintenance owing to poor inventory management practice. Hence, in order to remedy this dilemma, this study investigates strategies that could be deployed to generate value from the excess inventories held in the organisation. Experts' opinion sourced from inventory planners and supplier chain managers, and literature information were used to unveil suitable strategies that could be used to generate value from the excess inventories held in the organisation. The result of this research exercise revealed that lateral transshipment, auctioning, sales to external organisations, repurposing and supplier buy-back are the suitable strategies that could be used to generate value from the excess inventories held in the locomotive maintenance organisation.

Keywords: locomotive; maintenance; excess inventories; strategies; framework. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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